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Government Expenditure (International Comparisons)

Volume 972: debated on Monday 29 October 1979

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asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish the percentage value of Government expenditure of the gross national product in 1970 and at the latest available date in: West Germany, Italy, France, Belgium, Austria, the Netherlands, the Republic of Ireland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway and the United Kingdom.

The information requested is given in the table below:

GENERAL GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE* AS A PERCENTAGE OF GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT AT MARKET PRICES
19701977
West Germany35·944·4
Italy35·246·2
France38·343·.9
Belgium36·246·1
Austria37·945·1
Netherlands44·255·7
Ireland37·447·2
DenmarkN.A.N.A.
Sweden43·260·5
Norway41·152·3
United Kingdom37·644·2
* Expenditure by central and local government combined, excluding capital transfers, loans and expenditure on the acquisition of company securities, for which figures on an internationally comparable basis are not available.
†1976.

Source: National accounts of OECD countries 1960–77 volume II.